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GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) vs RTX 4090

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
VS
GeForce RTX 4090
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
GB206-300
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
AD102

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) 16 GB with 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders against the 2 years and 8 months older RTX RTX 4090 24 GB that utilizes 128 pipelines and 16384 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
DeviceFacts Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
16 GB GDDR7
VS
24 GB GDDR6X
72.1
(Good)
Value Index
18.4
(Bad)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 4090 over RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
  • Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4090
  • Performs significantly better (up to 2.6x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 3.5x higher maximum theoretical performance (82.6 vs 23.7 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 79% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 177 vs 99 FPS
  • Includes 8 GB more video memory
  • Features 368 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
  • Has 2.3x higher memory bandwidth: 1010 vs 448 GB/s
  • Achieves 2.1x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (316K vs 148K)
  • Has 3.6x more shading units (16384 vs 4608)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
vs
RTX 4090

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
163
107
97
71
275
199
193
155
The Witcher 3
178
150
111
61
292
268
191
101
Counter-Strike 2
266
198
140
80
339
238
188
90
Far Cry 6
138
126
109
66
203
179
170
104
Hogwarts Legacy
110
91
72
38
200
163
132
74
CoD: Modern Warfare III
136
133
96
64
266
263
219
151
Ghost of Tsushima
100
83
63
40
188
152
137
91
Cyberpunk 2077
118
104
69
33
226
208
143
66
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
190
177
134
70
302
284
222
118
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 155 255
1080p Ultra 130 217
1440p Ultra 99 177
4K Ultra 58 106
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
16221
RTX 4090 +160%
42169
Time Spy 16044 36299
Solar Bay 76027 187525
Port Royal 10283 26127
Fire Strike 42482 72432
Wild Life Extreme 30335 85218
Night Raid 150051 195813
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
148626
RTX 4090 +113%
316301
Background Blur 243.1 img/sec 318.9 img/sec
Face Detection 149.5 img/sec 222.8 img/sec
Horizon Detection 5.35 Gpixels/sec 14.2 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 6.88 Gpixels/sec 21 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 7.76 Gpixels/sec 23.9 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.57 Gpixels/sec 2.38 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 740.2 Gpixels/sec 1950 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 22183.7 FPS 48090.4 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
22609
RTX 4090 +68%
38039
G2D Mark 1204 1303
DirectX 11 218 FPS 323 FPS
DirectX 12 89 FPS 151 FPS
GPU Compute 11237 Ops/s 25991 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 11825 & 22563 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
4302.28
RTX 4090 +172%
11681.51
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 1419 & 8966 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-17 (StarSophia)Steel Nomad Light17892
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GeForce RTX 4090
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-06 (Devansh)Geekbench 6 OpenCL394674
📘 2026-10-06 (Devansh)Geekbench 7 OpenCL338129
📘 2026-04-03 (afroman420IU)Cinebench 202432578
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
24763
RTX 4090 +73%
42962
GB6 ML Half Precision
RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
47486
RTX 4090 +26%
59636
GB6 ML Quantized
RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
18826
RTX 4090 +68%
31670
Image Classification (SP) 10281 15600
Image Segmentation (HP) 29909 36657
Image Super Resolution (Q) 26549 48114
Face Detection (HP) 59010 78111
Pose Estimation (Q) 117200 289639
Text Classification (SP) 3993 4074
Machine Translation (HP) 6647 6349
Object Detection (SP) 12742 21186
Depth Estimation (Q) 44856 75599
Style Transfer (SP) 175892 601428
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) and RTX 4090

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released April 15, 2025 September 20, 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $429 $1599
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
GPU Codename GB206-300 AD102
Successor - - GeForce RTX 5090
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above - Intel Core i9 14900K or above
Desktop GPU rating (33rd and 3rd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 2407 MHz 2235 MHz
Boost Clock 2572 MHz 2520 MHz
Shading Units 4608 16384
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 144 512
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 176
Compute Units (Pipelines) 36 128
Tensor Cores 144 512
Ray-tracing Cores 36 128
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 32MB shared 72MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 GPixel/s 444 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTexel/s 1290 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
23.7 TFLOPS
RTX 4090 +249%
82.6 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 180 W 450 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
Die Size 181 mm² 609 mm²
Transistor Count 21.9 billion 76.3 billion
Transistor Density 120.99 MTr/mm² 125.29 MTr/mm²
Max. Temperature 87°C -

Memory

Memory Type GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Size 16 GB 24 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 2625 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 28000 Mbps 21000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 384-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
448 GB/s
RTX 4090 +125%
1010 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 12.0 8.9
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 3
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a

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